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Page 35
... means of a mental operation in which two of the previous acts are involved . If the first and the fourth magnitudes alone are given , it is still more difficult to present to ourselves the two means , because here three acts of thought ...
... means of a mental operation in which two of the previous acts are involved . If the first and the fourth magnitudes alone are given , it is still more difficult to present to ourselves the two means , because here three acts of thought ...
Page 317
... means has been found , nor a means more calculated to teach us what we are , than that of placing in sequence under our eyes all the successive items which constitute the totality of our nature , so that by this means , by ascending and ...
... means has been found , nor a means more calculated to teach us what we are , than that of placing in sequence under our eyes all the successive items which constitute the totality of our nature , so that by this means , by ascending and ...
Page 347
... means of the animal spirits , nerves , and even the blood , which , participating in the impressions of the spirits , can carry them by the arteries into all the members . And recollecting what has been said above about the machine of ...
... means of the animal spirits , nerves , and even the blood , which , participating in the impressions of the spirits , can carry them by the arteries into all the members . And recollecting what has been said above about the machine of ...
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The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Vol. 1 of 2: Rendered Into English ... Elizabeth S. Haldane No preview available - 2017 |
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